Luke Messer: American people deserve liberty and safety

9:08 PM,
Sep. 13, 2013

Written by

Luke
Messer

The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects American citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures. In practice, it requires any search warrant or government surveillance to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause. Unfortunately, recent revelations about the National Security Agency's surveillance activities raise serious questions about whether these constitutional protection are being obeyed.

I am deeply disturbed by disclosures over the past several months that the NSA may be conducting surveillance on American citizens without proper ...